YMCA needs $1.7M for expansion in Edison

Demand and high membership has pushed the the YMCA serving Metuchen, Edison and Woodbridge to begin a fundraising campaign to add 6,000 square feet to its facility, just five years after opening, officials said today.

Having secured zoning approval from Edison Township, the organization will seek the $1.7 million needed to expand the facility, said Lucinda Florio, a board member, head of the fundraising effort, and a former first lady of New Jersey.

"There's a lot of people who know what it provides to the community," said Florio, who added the organization hopes to begin construction in 2009.